Öz (A repon on common cultural heriuge givenat thc scminarof the R. C. V in Nmcmbcr 1966 at Ankara.) 7*he aimilarides betwccn some social charaeters» marriage cus- tonu and cercmonirs of traditional rural s notcuonhy (o reçord > grcat similarity fnund in giftgiving tr&nw.KİAn among the kingmupt (liocaga) bet- ucen ıbc ruraj çommuntürs of thcse three naciom. The exİsuukcc of ıhc obligaüon of takîng par t of ıhc kingroupa in thc family evenu» sueh a$ Mrth» circumcisİon, marriugc and death, uhİch streogthens Ü>e rdaücAtlnp ând V4icUrity of thc familicj and kingroups u onc of the common traiu in rura] todeıicı of these countriet